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Maxie is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Paul Aaron released in USA on 27 september 1985 with Glenn Close
Maxie (1985)
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Add to a movie listMaxie is a 1985 fantasy film. It is directed by Paul Aaron and stars Glenn Close, Mandy Patinkin, Valerie Curtin, Ruth Gordon and Barnard Hughes. The plot is based on the 1973 novel, Marion's Wall by Jack Finney about a woman who is possessed by a very outgoing female ghost - a budding actress from the 1920s - named Maxie, who wants to fulfill her destiny.
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When husband Nick and his wife Jan, somewhat staid and socially stifled, move into an old house in San Francisco, they uncover a message under layers of wallpaper left by a previous tenant. ("Maxie Malone lived here! Read it and weep!").Actors
Glenn Close
(Jan / Maxie)
Mandy Patinkin
(Nick)
Ruth Gordon
(Mrs. Lavin)
Michael Ensign
(Cleopatra Director)
Barnard Hughes
(Bishop Campbell)
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